Usually means: Ignition of fuel before spark.
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  1. preignition: Merriam-Webster
  2. preignition: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preignition: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. preignition: Wordnik
  5. preignition: Wiktionary
  6. preignition: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. preignition: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. preignition: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Preignition, preignition: Dictionary.com
  10. preignition: FreeDictionary.org
  11. preignition: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. preignition: Encyclopedia

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  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Explosives (No longer online)
  3. PREIGNITION: Power Engineering

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Definitions from Wiktionary (preignition)

▸ noun:  (automotive) The premature detonation of a fuel charge in Four-stroke cycle engines.

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postinjection, hard start, prechamber, preburner, primer, predetonation, push-start, preadmission, priming, preejection, more...

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postinjection, hard start, prechamber, preburner, primer, predetonation, push-start, preadmission, priming, preejection, more...



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